brown spots on the legs

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I gave birth in September 2010 and that's when I started seeing the spots. I cant say they are brown but because iam light skinned well if yoy know the skin colour of a halfcast that's it so they look brown to me

OK--there are some possibilities here. One would be lentigo which are benign extra areas of melanin pigment. Another would be actinic keratoses which are also benign. The last--but I doubt this--would be a sign of Addison's disease--a low serum cortisol level. While I don't think this is anything serious, you should have a doctor look at it. The first two possibilities can be treated with tretinoin cream

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